Friday, April 29, 2011

"Here Comes the Bride...."

Totally off the subject of quilting, has anyone been watching the royal wedding? I didn't watch a lot, but I had to see them on the balcony for the kiss. Very sweet. It got me thinking just what other historical events have occurred in my lifetime. I did a little online research to come up with a list and I was surprised at how much I remembered. I only listed the things that I actually remembered happening (that may say a lot about my age, oh well).

1976

Nadia Comaneci receives 7 perfect 10’s at Olympics for gymnastics

1977

Elvis found dead

Star Wars movie released

1978

First Test tube baby

John Paul II becomes Pope (I remember when they were deciding who would become Pope, they let smoke come out of the little window. Dark smoke meant no decision; white smoke meant they decided.)

Jonestown Massacre

1979

Nuclear accident at Three Mile Island

1980

John Lennon assassinated

Mount St. Helens Erupted

1981

Assassination attempt on the Pope

Assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan

Royal Wedding of Charles and Diana

First woman appointed to Supreme Court (Sandra Day O'Connor)

1986

Challenger Shuttle explodes

Chernobyl nuclear accident

USSR launches the Mir space station

Iran-Contra scandal

1989
Fall of the Berlin Wall

Exxon Valdez spills oil on coastline

Student massacred in China’s Tiananmen Square

1990

Nelson Mandela freed

1991

Operation Desert Storm

1992

Riots in Los Angeles after the verdict from Rodney King

1993

World Trade Center bombed

1995

Oklahoma City bombing

1996

Unabomber arrested

1997

Hale-Bopp comet visible

Princess Diana killed in car crash

1998

Torrential rains and flooding in the San Francisco area (this was my honeymoon, sigh…)

President Clinton impeached

1999

Fear of Y2K bug

JFK Jr. killed in plane crash

Killing spree at Columbine High School

2001

al-Qaeda attacks of September 11, 2001

I kind of lost my steam at this point in the list. I was very pregnant with my daughter when al-Qaeda attacked. I was working in a school as a speech pathologist and was standing in the preschool room when it happened. Luckily the teacher did not have kids that day. I just remember being so stunned; I had trouble processing that it was happening here, in the U.S. It's amazing where we've come since then.

As far as the wedding goes, a friend of mine told me she heard Harry was going to live with them in their new home. British royalty is really coming into the new age, huh? They sound like regular people!